I think the "evil queen" will be very happy that Emma is becoming deputy since it's likely all part of her plot.

I'm not so sure.

She seems to be ingratiating herself with quite a few people in Storybrooke lately. She pals with the teacher, the sheriff, the pregnant girl and now she owes Mr. Gold a favor. Plus, Henry is drawn to her and, no matter how she denies it, that bugs the queen. Making friends is going to make her reconsider how long she might stay.

I continue to enjoy Once Upon a Time's fractured fairytales. The Cinderella/Ashley thread was a lot of fun. The Evil Queen/Mayor is also entertaining. The show reminds me of Stephen Sondheim's wonderful Broadway musical, Into the Woods, which also features fairytales with a twist.

The way they are weaving the fairy tale aspect with what's happening in Storybrook is very well done each episode. I also like the fairy tale twists. I THINK I know what's going to happen based on the fairy tale but then comes the unexpected change up. I like it.

I agree that the Rumpelstiltskin character is very well acted and interesting. And many of the other characters are very pleasant to look at

I thought that "Highlander" and "Forever Knight" did a pretty good job back in the '90s.

I never watched Highlander, but Forever Knight did an exceptional job with the flashbacks and making them apply to events of the present. Very often there would be some kind of twist from the past that directly affected the present.

I'm a little confused on the timeline with Cinderella as well, since she was showing when Rumple got caught and Snow White wasn't. So her child should have been corn before Snow's; and Snow White's was born before the curse. Shw she should hae already had her baby? (Unless Emma was waaay premature.)

I'm a little confused on the timeline with Cinderella as well, since she was showing when Rumple got caught and Snow White wasn't. So her child should have been corn before Snow's; and Snow White's was born before the curse. Shw she should hae already had her baby? (Unless Emma was waaay premature.)

Emma was the only one locked in a tree when the curse came. Maybe that is the difference.

I'm a little confused on the timeline with Cinderella as well, since she was showing when Rumple got caught and Snow White wasn't. So her child should have been corn before Snow's; and Snow White's was born before the curse. Shw she should hae already had her baby? (Unless Emma was waaay premature.)

Maybe she was.

The original plan was for Emma to go into the tree while still inside Snow.

On the other hand, who says it's the same baby? Snow White appears to have never had a child in the real world. Maybe something happened to Cinderella's child in fairy tale world and this is Rumple's second chance at another one.

I'm a little confused on the timeline with Cinderella as well, since she was showing when Rumple got caught and Snow White wasn't. So her child should have been corn before Snow's; and Snow White's was born before the curse. Shw she should hae already had her baby? (Unless Emma was waaay premature.)

The writers. producers, whoever, has screwed up with regards to Henry's ability to leave Storybrooke.

While talking to Emma, Henry implied that he can leave Storybrooke, because he will come back because he has no where else to go.

That is incorrect. Like his mother Emma, he can leave whenever he wants and never return. He is an outsider. Even more so than his mother, since he was born in the real world and taken to Storybrooke as a result of adoption.

"What do you say Beckett. Wanna have a baby?" - Castle to Det. Beckett"How Long have I been gone?" Alexis after arriving home and seeing Castle and Beckett w/ the baby - Castle - 11/25/13Mr. VideoMy Geek Images

There was no way that the elevator was going to go up into an air shaft.

They could try and go up the rest of their lives, as it wasn't going to happen.

"What do you say Beckett. Wanna have a baby?" - Castle to Det. Beckett"How Long have I been gone?" Alexis after arriving home and seeing Castle and Beckett w/ the baby - Castle - 11/25/13Mr. VideoMy Geek Images

I just have to say that I can't stand the kid. He is so annoying. I wish he didn't have to be a part of each episode.

I do not have a problem with Henry at all. He certainly is no Wesley Crusher.

BTW, that was no sinkhole.

"What do you say Beckett. Wanna have a baby?" - Castle to Det. Beckett"How Long have I been gone?" Alexis after arriving home and seeing Castle and Beckett w/ the baby - Castle - 11/25/13Mr. VideoMy Geek Images